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Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression: risk of abscessed lesions

From: The clinical and imaging presentation of acute "non complicated" pyelonephritis: A new profile for an ancient disease

N = 119

Number in Group

Abscessed lesions (N = 47)

%

OR - UNI

CI 95% - UNI

OR - MULTI1

CI MULTI

Age ≤ 32 years

62

23

37.1%

1

   

Age > 32 years

57

24

42.1%

1.233

0.591-2.575

1.003

0.442-2.276

Scars at diagnosis

NO

101

42

41.6%

1

   

Scars at diagnosis

YES

18

5

27.8%

0.540

0.179-1.631

0.732

0.222-2.421

CRP < 12 mg/dL

58

17

29.3%

1

   

CRP > = 12 mg/dL

58

27

46.6%

2.101

0.977-4.516

2.095

0.921-4.767

Negative urinary cultures or hemocultures

81

32

39.5%

1

   

Positive urinary cultures and/or hemocultures

38

15

39.5%

0.999

0.454-2.197

1.010

0.437-2.335

Presence of the 3 main symptoms

77

26

33.8%

1

   

Absence of at least one of the 3 main symptoms

42

21

50.0%

1.962

0.911-4.226

2.080

0.932-4.641

  1. CRP (C-reactive protein); Age: dichotomized at the median. Three main symptoms: fever; lumbar pain-tenderness; symptoms of lower UTI